Atheism, Sex-Heavy Movies in Our Schools?
Our continuing look back at 2012 in Darien and Woodridge brings back the issues of sex in movies being shown in school and an atheist speaker at another school.
A lot of times, parents in the suburbs say they enjoy living where they do because of the schools. But what about when the schools invite atheists and show movies that include sexual scenes? This year, in school districts 99 and 86, people spoke out against various viewpoints that were being allowed in local schools. It's part of our top story series of the 2012 Year in Review. Controversy Over Atheist Speaker Spurs Discussion of District 99 Parent Notification Procedures District 99 school officials received hundreds of emails last month about Downers Grove North's Constitution Week speaker Jessica Ahlquist, a Rhode Island teen who sued her school to have a prayer removed from the gymnasium wall. Soon after Ahlquist's appearance at North…
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Tkmlac
10:56 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Jessica Ahlquist's story isn't even necessarily atheistic. Her story would still fit and ring true if she were a Muslim, a Hindu, a Pagan, a Buddhist, or even a Christian if the prayer had originated in Islam. Secularism=/=Atheism. Cue sarcastic rant: And boy, don't let kids discuss movies like American Beauty and Brokeback Mountain because NUDITY!!! Let's concentrate on that red herring instead … more ›